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Install: claude install-skill openEHR/ai-plugins
# openEHR Specification Governance
This skill covers the change process, release management, and lifecycle governance for
openEHR specifications. It is based on the official governance documents at
specifications.openehr.org/governance.
## Related Skills
- **authoring** — document scaffolding, repo layout, boilerplate structure
- **amendment-record** — detailed amendment record authoring conventions
- **review** — pre-release quality review of spec documents
## Specification Lifecycle States
Every specification follows a formal lifecycle:
```
Planning → Development → Trial → Stable
↓
Paused → Retired
```
| State | Duration | Format | Versioning | Change Management |
|-------|----------|--------|------------|-------------------|
| **Planning** | 6 months max | Wiki | 0.y.z | Informal |
| **Development** | 18 months max | Wiki | 0.y.z | Optional CRs |
| **Trial** | 2 years max | HTML + computable | x.y.z | Formal CRs |
| **Stable** | Unbounded | HTML + computable | x.y.z | Formal CRs |
| **Paused** | Unbounded | HTML + computable | paused | CRs only for state changes |
| **Retired** | Unbounded | Frozen version | n/a | None |
The Specifications Editorial Committee (SEC) reviews promotion criteria three months before
target dates. Unmet criteria may trigger a single three-month extension; subsequent failure
results in retirement.
The `spec_status` field in `manifest.json` and `manifest_vars.adoc` trac